The phone rings, a calm voice introduces itself as a police officer and says your savings are at risk and must be moved somewhere safe at once. People hand over a lifetime of earnings this way, because everything sounded credible. That story opens a sermon about the Gibeonites, who arrived in worn out sandals carrying mouldy bread (Joshua 9). Israel believed what it could see, made a covenant that would bind generations, and neglected one thing only, because nobody asked God. Listen if you want to learn to ask God even when a matter looks obvious.
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Forward!
Life is all about change and facing new challenges, and some of them seem to be more than we can handle. To better rise to this challenge, it’s worth turning to the Book of Joshua, which tells the story of how the Israelites, though they didn’t feel prepared, had to enter their long-awaited Promised Land. It turns out that as we move forward, what matters most is who we walk with and whom we listen to.
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